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пряники
Russian
Etymology
пря́(ный) (prjá(nyj)) + -ник (-nik)
Pronunciation
Noun
пря́ник • (prjánik) m inan (genitive пря́ника, nominative plural пря́ники, genitive plural пря́ников, relational adjective пря́ничный, diminutive пря́ничек)
- gingerbread, spice cake
- (figuratively) carrot (any motivational tool; an incentive to do something)
- кнут и пря́ник ― knut i prjánik ― carrot and stick
Declension
Declension of пря́ник (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
Hypernyms
- конди́терское изде́лие n (kondíterskoje izdélije), мучно́е изде́лие n (mučnóje izdélije)
Derived terms
- пря́ничник m anim (prjáničnik)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пряник”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “пряник”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 78
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пряник”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Krylov, G. A. (2004) “пряник”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пряник”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 340
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “пряный”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Ukrainian
Etymology
From пря́(ний) (prjá(nyj)) + -ник (-nyk).
Pronunciation
Noun
пря́ник • (prjányk) m inan (genitive пря́ника, nominative plural пря́ники, genitive plural пря́ників, relational adjective пря́никовий or пря́ничний)
- spice cake, gingerbread
- імби́рний пря́ник ― imbýrnyj prjányk ― gingerbread
- ню́рнберзький пря́ник ― njúrnberzʹkyj prjányk ― lebkuchen (literally, “Nuremberg spice cake”)
- (figuratively) carrot (any motivational tool; an incentive to do something)
- баті́г та пря́ник (idiomatic) ― batíh ta prjányk ― carrot and stick (literally, “whip and spice cake”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | пря́ник prjányk |
пря́ники prjányky |
| genitive | пря́ника prjányka |
пря́ників prjánykiv |
| dative | пря́никові, пря́нику prjánykovi, prjányku |
пря́никам prjánykam |
| accusative | пря́ник prjányk |
пря́ники prjányky |
| instrumental | пря́ником prjánykom |
пря́никами prjánykamy |
| locative | пря́нику prjányku |
пря́никах prjánykax |
| vocative | пря́нику prjányku |
пря́ники prjányky |
Derived terms
- пря́ничник m (prjányčnyk), пря́ничниця f (prjányčnycja)
Related terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пряник”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “пряник”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пряник”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “пряник”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “пряник”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
Батіг та пряник on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia uk- Нюрнберзький пряник on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia uk
